History Date

Question 1

1901

Answer 1

Queen Victoria dies and succeeded by Edward VII

Question 2

1912

Answer 2

Titanic sinks

Question 3

1906

Answer 3

new law introduces free school meals for Britain’s poorer children

Question 4

1914

Answer 4

The First World War

Question 5

1918

Answer 5

British women over 30 can vote if they own a home or married

Question 6

1928

Answer 6

Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovers the properties of penicillin

Question 7

1929

Answer 7

A global financial crisis

Question 8

1933

Answer 8

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Germany

Question 9

1937

Answer 9

engineer Frank Whittle invents the jet engine

Question 10

1939

Answer 10

Second World War begins

Question 11

1947

Answer 11

British-controlled India gains independence and split into nations

Question 12

1948

Answer 12

Start of Britain’s National Health Service

Question 13

1952

Answer 13

Elizabeth II becomes queen of the UK

Question 14

1969

Answer 14

Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on moon

Question 15

1957

Answer 15

USSR launches the world’s first satellite

Question 16

1973

Answer 16

Britain becomes a member of the European Union

Question 17

1975

Answer 17

Sex Discrimination Act introduced in UK

Question 18

1979

Answer 18

Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first Prime Minister

Question 19

1989

Answer 19

British computer scientist invents the first World Wide Web

Question 20

1999

Answer 20

Scottish Parliament and Welsh ASsembly are set up

Question 21

2009

Answer 21

Barack Obama becomes President of USA

Question 22

1998

Answer 22

The Good Friday Agreement is set up

Question 23

2001

Answer 23

Terror attacks in the USA

Question 24

2016

Answer 24

British people vote to leave the European Union

Question 25

2019

Answer 25

Outbreak of COVID-19